This is the first entry in a five-part series that focuses specifically on SSL certificate management. Throughout the series, we’ll focus on the most popular challenges we hear from customers. When the series is completed, this post will be used as an index to all other related blogs entries.

I've spent a tremendous amount of time talking to customers about certificate management, and their certificate management problems consistently boil down to the following three issues:
1. Certificates Expiring Unexpectedly
Application owners lie awake at night worrying that an application will go down or be otherwise inaccessible, and there’s any number of reasons why this could occur. Do you identify with any of these?

What would it cost your organization if an SSL certificate expired unexpectedly? I’ve heard from customers about all kinds of pain they’ve experienced as a result. Do you share any of these same challenges?

We’ve found a lot of prospective customers using a spreadsheet to maintain a listing of certificates, owners and expiry dates. A better way to solve the problem is to leverage various data collection tools and store all the data in a centralized, secure application

What would it cost your organization if an SSL certificate expired unexpectedly? I’ve heard from customers about all kinds of pain they’ve experienced as a result. Do you share any of these same challenges?

We’ve found a lot of prospective customers using a spreadsheet to maintain a listing of certificates, owners and expiry dates. A better way to solve the problem is to leverage various data collection tools and store all the data in a centralized, secure application

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